KAL 9000

The Antimatter Collector part can make Antimatter for power.

I scaled up the reactor to be 5 meters, inline with the Kepstein drive (which you should really make to be able to scale smaller). I have an idea to change that, though. Perhaps I can use an EM drive or antimatter-fueled engine! Then, with an antimatter collector to fuel the reactor (and engine if it's an antimatter-fueled engine), I can get INFINITE DELTA-V! WOOT!

-Arrival At Proxima b- TheDoctor Kerman slowly regained consciousness inside the cryosleep pod. Blinking a few times (I'm assuming that Kerbals have eyelids, but it wasn't worth the effort to render them and simulate blinking) to adjust to the harsh electric lighting, he looked around at his surroundings. All around him, the cryopods containing the crew were beginning to thaw. A sign painted on the wall read CRYOSLEEP BAY 01, DECK 05. "Attention all ARC Destiny personnel currently awake. This is your shipboard AI speaking. We have successfully entered a circular 475 kilometer polar orbit around Proxima b. Possible side effects of long-term suspension of vital bodily functions and becoming a Kerbal Popsicle a few degrees above absolute zero include, but are not limited to, cancer, spontaneous combustion, insanity, loss of limbs, amnesia, bone loss, poisoning, malfunction of one or more vital organs, and a mid case of serious brain damage. REPOSoftTech is not responsible for any adverse effects of long-term hibernation in REPOSoftTech cryosleep pods." "MechJeb, give me a report on the ship's systems, please." "Affirmative. The ship sustained minor damage during the interstellar cruise, and the repair robots have been activated. Radiators nominal. Communications nominal. Reactor nominal. Kepstein drive nominal. Radiation shielding nominal. Central AI nominal. Repair robots nominal. Cryosleep pods nominal. Fuel levels nominal. Colonization equipment nominal. Docked vehicles nominal. Wi-Fi nominal. Reaction wheels and RCS nominal. Life support offline and heavily damaged, running on emergency oxygen, food, and water. Thermal control nominal. Supplies nominal. Misc. Ship Systems Nominal. Note: The AE-35 unit on the primary communications array has malfunctioned and requires repairing. The backup AE-35 unit is nominal and running." "What about the Dart probe we sent to Proxima?" "The Proxima Dart 001 arrived 15 years before us. It successfully performed an orbital survey and in-depth orbital study of Proxima b and is currently en route to Alpha Centauri A and B and their planets, after performing surveys and studies of the remaining planets, dwarf planets, and moons in the Proxima system, as well as Proxima itself." "How long were we in cryosleep?" "The crew has been in cryosleep for 43 years, 7 months, and 25 days, exactly as predicted from our departure trajectory. Five additional ARC Destiny-class ships and their Darts and support equipment and vehicles have been launched from the orbital shipyards, and are en route to various star systems, although we are still the first to arrive at our destination. The ARC Destiny entered orbit of Proxima Centauri 1 year, 3 months, and 4 days ago, and entered orbit of Proxima b itself three hours ago." "What about Proxima b? Is it habitable, and what are the resources on it?" "Proxima b has a surface gravity of 1.25 Gs, easily within the Kerbal comfort zone. The average surface temperature is 247 degrees Kelvin, slightly too cold for liquid water to exist, although enormous amounts of water have been detected as ice, roughly equivalent to twice Earth's oceans, groundwater, lakes, rivers, and ice caps combined. The atmospheric pressure is 1.75 times that of Earth's at sea level, and the atmosphere consists of 75% Nitrogen, 24% Sulfur Dioxide (probably due to past volcanism), 0.9% Krypton, and 0.1% trace gases. The planetary magnetic field is roughly five times as strong as Earth's, enough to protect it from Proxima's violent solar flares and CMEs. The planet's composition is almost exactly the same as Earth's, although there are significantly higher proportions of iron, nickel, aluminum, non-organic carbon-containing minerals, uranium, heavy water, and silicates, and a complete absence of organic compounds and minerals. No life signs detected anywhere in the planet. Conclusion: Proxima b is a mineral-rich world that is can be made habitable with minimal terraforming, although dome colonies are practical at the present moment." "Does it have any moons?" "Affirmative. Proxima b has three moons. One is roughly the size of Luna, and the other two are the size of Mimas and Enceladus. All three moons have the expected mineral compositions, although they have significantly higher levels of Helium-3, possibly due to Proxima's more intense solar activity and correspondingly stronger solar wind, especially at Proxima b's orbit, which is closer to Proxima than Mercury is to Sol." --- FYI, the moons part is speculation, and there aren't any moons around Proxima b in Constellations. I took a guess at its temperature and atmospheric composition, but the mineral levels were what I measured with a SCANSat in my KSP install.

@The-Doctor We can use Konstruction to assemble ships in orbit without the extra mass and part count of docking ports on the finished ships, due to the Konstruction ports. @FreeThinker How can I store LithiumDeteuride outside of engines and reactors? I haven't found an InterstellarFuelSwitch tank that can store it. Is it possible to make it in ISRU? The Dart probe design is going well... Wait, the Antimatter Reactor makes HOW MUCH heat? @FreeThinker The Antimatter Reactor makes waaay too much heat. How on Kerbin can I dissipate ~5,000 FRICKIN' GIGAWATTS OF HEAT?! (The giant beamed power collectors on Radiator Mode do absolutely nothing)

How's Project Metamorphosis going?

That's Admiral Shirley to you!

@JacobJHC If it's real, I apologize. It looked a little fishy to me, and I may have been wrong. I hope this doesn't negatively impact your credibility as a YouTuber and forum user, and I look forward to seeing more from you in the future.

Lifters! http://kerbalx.com/KAL_9000/Condor-9.craft http://kerbalx.com/KAL_9000/Condor-9-Heavy.craft http://kerbalx.com/KAL_9000/Condor-XX.craft

http://kerbalx.com/KAL_9000/ITS-20.craft

My mistake, I forgot about those. Still, at those trajectories, those would have saved you at most 3 km/s.

A tribute to the Battle of Kerbin: We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in orbit, we shall fight on the Mun and Minmus, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in space, we shall defend our planet, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight at the KSC, we shall fight at Mount Whoopstooshort, we shall fight in the Van Kerman belts and at the Desert Monument, we shall fight in the Joolian system; we shall never surrender! Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if Kerbfleet and its crews last for a thousand years, kerbs will still say, “This was their finest hour!”

I've been working on fuel tanker designs as well. So far, so good! They only ship chemical fuels right now tho... working on it.

Not to offend, but this is probably fake. No gravity assists whatsoever, and @Matt Lowne has a video showing that @hazard-ish couldn't have gone to Tylo, which is closer, with a single fuel tank using gravity assists. The Delta-V requirements are just too strict.

That's probably the vaguest answer ever.

Secret agent... PERRY THE PLATYPUS?!?!?! I couldn't help myself. Forgive me.

Hello! You didn't mention me, but I proofread you!

EVACUATE! GET TO A NEW SOLAR SYSTEM! NAO!

-Launch of the ARC Destiny- The orbital dock sped through the skies, 750 kilometers above the planet Earth. A massive ship sat in its exterior hangar bay, the words ARC Destiny painted onto the side of the hull. The great ship was the first of the Destiny-class Advanced Rapid Colonizers, or ARCs. It was filled to the brim with supplies, fuel, and crew. Every last screw was accounted for. The onboard AI automatically kept systems functioning. The captain of the ship turned on the comlink. "This is ARC-001 to Spacedock, we are go for release." "Copy, ARC. Release crews standing by." Captain TheDoctor Kerman felt both disappointment and excitement. On the one hand, everything was proceeding just like in the simulations. Well, the simulations where they didn't make something go catastrophically wrong to test their problem-solving skills. On the other hand, something felt... grizzy, he thought, was the best word to describe it, even though he had just thought that word up. Everyone was more focused, more intense. You could almost feel the adrenaline coursing though his crewmembers' bloodstreams. This was assuredly the first real challenge of the mission. "Gantry arms retracting, we are on internal power." "Warming up Epstein Drive." MechJeb, the shipboard AI, announced, in a computerized voice, "All systems go." "Spacedock, we are GO for departure." "Roger. Releasing in 3... 2... 1... Now." The massive amalgamation of aluminum and plastic emerged from the Spacedock, clearing its berths. "MechJeb, target Proxima Centauri and orient us ." "Roger that, Captain. RCS coming online." The ship pointed in the exact right direction. "Helmskerb Kerman, maximum power to engines." The Helmskerb simply pressed Z on his keyboard. The engines ignited and the ship shot forwards. They were on their way.

The SLS is an amazing rocket that has great potential. The problem: There is no frickin' payload for it! The only things lined up for it are EMs 1 and 2 and Europa Clipper.

Get the KSC's air defense online, now! The Evil Boulder might come again! Also, whaaaaaaaaaaat? Mary-Annette... Where have I heard that before... OH MY KRAKEN! The plot thickens!

I'll be doing some writings regarding this. Here's the first one: -Epstein Drive Testing- The airship flew above the Great Plains, carrying an important cargo from a manufacturing plant in Nevada. It made its way east, before finally stopping in Florida. The pilot brought the airship in close to the dock at Cape Canaveral, the Wild Blue Industries logo and the ship's name, Nuclear Explosion, glistening in the sunlight. "KSC Control, this is WBI-145, requesting permission to dock." "Roger, 145, you are cleared for approach on landing pad Kilo India Alpha." "Copy, proceeding to Kilo India Alpha." As the airship docked, trained technicians rapidly offloaded its precious cargo, clearing it for takeoff again. The prototype Epstein Drive was loaded onto an eighteen-wheeler and brought to the Static Test Unit. Fuel lines were connected, wires were attached, and the ground crew ran to the bunkers. "We are go for Epstein Static Test 01. T Minus One Minute and counting." "Confinement?" "Go." "Abort?" "Go." "Sensors?" "Go." "STU?" "Go." "Fuel injection?" "Go." "Control?" "Go." "Snacks?" "Go." "Roger, all systems go." "30 seconds." "Initiate engine precharging." "Prime fuel injectors." "Emergency abort to standby." "Magnetic Confinement online." "15 seconds." "Chow flopper primed." "Control matrix operational." "Ignition systems armed." "10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Ignition." A controller pressed a large red button. Fusion fuel shot into the drive systems, and was quickly heated to millions of degrees. A powerful magnetic field guided the plasma beam, and it shot out the nozzle. "Stable ignition." "Roger, all systems nominal at this time." "We've got a fluctuation in the magnetic confinement field. We're still well within the safe limits." "Roger, continue to monitor." "Fluctuation getting more intense. The reaction might destabilize." "Adjust the field generators to compensate." "Beginning adjustment. Stand by." "The fluctuation is too severe! I've got a plasma leak in the control systems!" "Same with the injectors!" "It's gonna go critical!" "SHUT THAT THING DOWN, NOW!" "Emergency shutdown initiated! Oh, crap, the communication system on the engine just vaporized. The shutdown order didn't get through!" "Get our radiation shielding online!" "Critical detonation in 3... 2... 1... Oh, crap!" The Epstein Drive was there on the test stand one second, and simply... wasn't the next. A small flash brightened into a huge explosion, and the loudest sound in recorded history raced towards the control bunker. "Sound dampening online! Radiation shielding online!" And a good thing, too. Without those, they would have had their eardrums literally explode, and die of acute radiation poisoning a few seconds later. Geiger counters outside the bunker shorted out when the readings literally went off the charts, before they, too, were vaporized. "We'll try again tomorrow."

The Saturn Multibody from the Eyes Turned Skywards alternate history beats the SLS hands-down.

*cough* Helium-3 *cough* Also:

JAI is my company. Yeah, I meant building the reactors and their support stuff together into a module.